Push-Pull Converter Variants and Building and Testing One

Let's take a look ad the two different types of push-pull converters and what sets them apart. Then, naturally, we build one and test it's efficiency and voltage stability.

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Paper on the topic of core saturation and balancing through dead-time control:
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0:00 Intro
0:22 Quick recap of the basics
1:02 The two different variants
5:33 Winding the transformers
6:24 The complete schematic I used
6:46 PCBWay
7:38 Thesting the current balance
10:43 Voltage stability test
11:55 Measuring efficiency

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